CVE-2010-4712: novell groupwise

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-4712 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in novell groupwise. EPSS estimates a 6.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 31-01-2011
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in gwia.exe in GroupWise Internet Agent (GWIA) in Novell GroupWise before 8.02HP allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Content-Type header containing (1) multiple items separated by ; (semicolon) characters or (2) crafted string data.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.